Roofing tile



May 30, 1939. F, H W MURA 2,160,548

ROOFING IILE Filed Sept. 15, 1937 Ly INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented May 30, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROOFING TILE Fred H. Kawamura, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii Application September 15, 1937, Serial No. 164,041

1 Claim. (Cl. 108-10) This invention relates to roofing tiles and has for an object to provide a tile having substantially rectangular notches at one pair of the dia metrically opposite corners to promote ease of laying and. to promote lap joints in that when laid in courses the upper portion of a tile fits into a notch in a tile of the next upper course and the lower portion of the tile fits into a notch of a tile in the next lower course.

For a gabled roof, where the sides of the tile must form a straight edge from the ridge to the foot of the roof, a slightly different tile must be used, that is, the tile will be constructed. as shown in Figure with the exception that the wing l3 will be dispensed with in tile on the left side of the roof and the notch l5 will be dispensed with in tile on the right side of the roof, making right angular edges as shown by the dotted lines at ll in Figure 5.

In Figure 6 there is shown a ridge tile l8 which is arcuate in cross section and is provided with an offset extension [9 which fits over the end of the next adjacent tile. The tile is provided adapted to fit into the notch in the wing of a tile in the next lower course to provide lap joints.

FRED H. KAWAMURA.

10 With the above and other objects in view the With a hail hole 29 at the end ppos e e Offset 0 invention consists of certain novel details of coneXteIlSiOh struction and combinations of parts hereinafter In laying the tile, the layers are ed from fully described and claimed, it being understood the lower d of the roof, the upper p rt n f that various modifications may be resorted to Wing l3 Of O e t f ts nto the notch l5 in within the scope of the appended claim without t e S de I? of a tile in the next pp Cou se 15 departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of and the lower part of the side I2 of the tile fits the advantages of the invention. into the notch M in the wing l3 of a tile in the In the accompanying drawing forming part next lower course. In this manner an overlap f s pe fi of about six inches will be provided at the joint, Fi ure 1 is a p ie of a portio o a ti ed madeup oi" the wing l3 and side [2 of contiguous roof constructed in accordance with the inventil s, a b t hown in Figure 1. tion- It is not necessary to nail every tile to the Fi ure 2 s a l tu nal sectional v w t k n wood sheathing 2| because th interlocked tiles, on f 11ne 2' 2 of laid as above described, will not slide, and the Figure 3 1s a cross sectional view taken on the weight of the layers holds the tiles in place 25 1me,3 3 Flgure Furthermore it does not require a solid wooden Flgure 4 1S cross sectlonal taken on the sheathing over the rafters 22 since the the can hne 4 4 f F1gure be laid over the usual single sheathing, shown thg'lgilil's 5 1s a detail perspective view of one of at 2', sgiaced Several inch? apart. th 30 It wil be further poin ed out that e tiles gg 6 1S detafl perspectlve View of tile oi the first layer at the caves are each provided Referring now to the drawing in which like Wlth overhartg 23 m adqluon to bemg characters of reference designate similar parts struc ed as previously h q f in the various views, the central portion of the From the aibove descnptmp 1t 15 thoqght h .35 tile m is flat and from thence the two sides H the construction and operation of the invention and H slope upwardly and outwardly in an angle will be fully understood without further explanaof 25 degrees to the central portion. The side i l I is provided with a reversely sloped wing l3 What 15 Clalmed 151 40 of less width than the width of the side l2, the A roofing tile having a fl central po t o 40 wing sloping at an angle of about 25 degrees a side flanges diverging from one face of the cenb t, Shown i Figure 5 tral portion at the longitudinal edges of the Two of the diametrically opposite corners of Central P One Side flange being P v ded the tile are cut away to provide notches l4, and With a Wing Sloped oppositely t0 the nge and IS, The notch Is in one corner of th t t t of less width than the width of the other side 45 is in the side I2, is less in width than the width flange, there being a tile locking tch formed of the wing l3 and th n t h 14 i t other in one side flange, there being a tile locking notch corner of the tile, that is at the end of the wing formed in d Wing diag y pp e i3, is the same in width as the width of the Wing notch formed in s d s d flange and ing ess I3. A nail hole I6 is formed in the center por- Width than the Width of the W g, the arran 50 tion of the tile near one end edge thereof. ment being such that when the tiles are laid in The tiles of the first layer at the eaves will be cours s t e, pp portion of e w of a le devoid of the notch IS in the ide I: to produce is adapted to be received in the notch in the side a right angular edge as shown by the dotted flange of a tile in the neXt upper course, and lines at l! in Figure 5. the lower part of the side flange of the tile is 55 

